The Grey Parrot and Other Stories

Annotated Edition

W.W. Jacobs

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English

Alma Edizioni
03 June 2019

Fiction & Literature; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Short stories

W.W. Jacobs delighted in finding unlikely humour in everyday situations and observations, and these tales succeed in raising a laugh from the most mundane of scenarios. In ‘The Grey Parrot’, a sailor buys a parrot for his wife, whom he suspects isn’t faithful in his absence, hoping that the bird will inadvertently repeat anything untoward it hears. Unfortunately for him, the parrot exceeds his expectations, and it’s not only his wife who is left blushing.

This volume contains a careful selection of the very best stories from Jacobs’s 150-strong repertory, and includes well-known standalone pieces such as ‘The Monkey’s Paw’, as well as accounts of raucous dockside dalliances and tightly woven tales of poacher Bob Petty’s crimes against the unlikely cast of an Essex village. Showcasing a unique assortment of stories spanning his writing career, this edition hopes to shine a light on a hugely talented writer who inspired many of the literary giants we now consider masters of the genre.

By: W.W. Jacobs
Imprint: Alma Edizioni
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm,
Weight: 364g
ISBN: 9781847497895
ISBN 10: 1847497896
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 03 June 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

William Wymark Jacobs (1863-1943) was a prolific short-story writer. Known for his trademark wit - even in the horror story `The Monkey's Paw', for which he is best known - Jacobs set most of his stories in the docks of East London, where he lived from a young age, as well as in Essex, where he moved in his middle age.

Reviews for The Grey Parrot and Other Stories: Annotated Edition

W.W. Jacobs represented to me perfection. He was unique, and still is. -- P.G. Wodehouse The Mozart of the English short story -- P.G. Wodehouse W.W. Jacobs was a writer who... developed an exquisite precision of narrative. -- Evelyn Waugh